Hopper and guard for wringers.



W. PAWLAK.

HOPPER AND GUARD FOR WRINGRS.

, APPLICATION 'm20 FEB. 2. i914.

atented Nov. 23, 1915 l" l. u hlh,

BNVENTOR mun-www...

Specification of L'Le't'cers Eatent.

Application .tiled February 2, 1914. Serial No. Gll.

To all 107mm 'Si may conce/rn.'

Be it known that I, VILLIAM PMVLAK, a citizen of the lUnited States, residing' at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, ha Ve invented certain new and useA 'lul improvements in liloppers and Guards for llf'ringers, ot' which the following is a spmzilication.

lily invention relates to a combined guard and hopper 'tor wringers, and has 'for .its principal object to provide a safety attachment tor wringers for preventing injury to the hands ol the operators.

As is well known,` it not infrequently happens in the use of power driven machines that the hands ol. the operators are drawn between the rollers while feedinr clothes thcretln'ough, and are seriously injured before the power control can be operated to discontinue the operation of the machine.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved attachment adapted t0 be used with a clothes wringer. whereby the .materialI may be fed thereto without danger o injury to the operator.

Another object is to provide ari-improved safety attachment for clothes wringers which may be readily attached to or de? tachecl from either side oit' the wringen Other objects will be set forth and made apparent in the following spccication taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. in which: y

lliguli'e l is an end elevation or my wring'cr and safety attacluncnt, a part of the structure being; shown in section; Fig. 2 is a 'tragmcntary side elevation or the same; Fig. 3 is a perspective View ot my safety attachnient; l*1 ig'. l is a detail view of the means for attaching the safety device to the wringer.

Like reference numerals refer to like 'parts and elements in the several figures of the drawings.

rThe top cross member of the Wringier designated by the numeral 10 is secured at its ends in any suitable manner as shown at ll to the upper ends of the side frame members l2. '.lf'hc lower ends of the side ,members l2 are recessed, as shown at 13, to engage the side ot a wash tub or washing machine or other suitable support. The usual clamp screw 14 is adapted to engage the portion of the support within the opening' 13, in each side member of' the wringer trame. thereby holding the wringer rigidly in position.

The usual omiositely rotating rollers l5 and lll between which the clothes pass and by which the water is squeezed out oi the clothes,.are journaled at their ends in bear ings located within vvertical slots in the side members ol" the supporting' 1trame. le .leal2 spring li' is located above the upper roller l5 and extends across the wringer. bearing at its ends on the bearings oit' said roller" whereby said roller is forced into )fielding contact with the lower roller lll. rlhe prersure with which 'the upper rollerv contacts withthe, lower roller is regulated by means of the adjusting screw 18 which threa ledly engages the ton cross member l0 at the cente tl'iereoi.z and bears at its lower end on the upper surface ol" the spring' 17. Beneath the rollers l5 and lil there is located board 19 which is pivoted at itsends in the side frame members, as shown at QG, and is there fore capable ot being;- inclined in either diu rectiou with respect to the vertical plane of the wringen Below the board 19 and be- 'tween the side traine members is a rod 2l which rigidly engages said side trarne inem` bers by any suitable means, as shown at 32, and holds the lower ends ot' said members in ited relation to each other. The lower side of the board 19 carries a leer spring 5w which frictionally el'iganes the rod a ,r thereby operates to hold the board if) at any desired inclination in order to drain the wir ter extracted tron. ne clot'hesinto anyY suitable vessel at either side ol 'the wringen Une end of the shaft or' the roller Vlf3 ea-v tends througrh the side frame and is operatively connected to a s urce of power. The shafts of the rollers if and lo carry inter-- meshing gear wheels within the side trames whereby rotation is con'nnunicated tronc lower to the upper roller. flflot shown in the drawings.)

The foresfoing' 1Features do not in selves constitute a part et invention5 since they are the .parts of an culinary' wringe.

.ll/ly invention comprises a` combined guard and Feeding hopper designated generally' by the numeral Q4- havingr end walls 25 and.v 26 and upper and lower walls Q7 and Q8, re-

speetivcly, formed preferably ot sheet metal.l

The yarious walls are joinei' along their meeting` edges by means of pressed joints or b y soldering or other means, or the hopper may be ot one-piece pressed metal construction. Piyotally attached to the upper surface of the upper wall 27 of the hopper is a rod Q9 provided at its ends with offset handles SO. The rod 29 has rigidly secured thereto intermediate theI handles 30, and

Alugs 34 at each en(L which project beyond the ends ot the hopper and are adapted to abutalgainst the wringer frame or associated parts when the hopper is in position. T he lugs 3l may also be formed separately from each other and secured by any suitable means to the hopper at opposite sides thereof. The upper and lower walls 27 and 9.8 of the hopper converge downwardly toward the rollers and terminates adjacent said rollers leaving an ope-ninar 35 therebetween, opposite the line. of contact of the rollers.. The lower edges of the walls 27 and 28 are preferably substantially in the same horizontal planes with the axes of the respective rollers 15 and 16. The upper portions of the walls 27 and 28 are preferably bent to 'Form rounded edges, as shown at' 3G and 37 thereby lessening` the danLfer of injury to the hands of the ope 'ator while feeding clothes to the wringen The guard or hopper is attached to the wringer by placing said hopper at either side of the wringer with the aperture 35i opposite the line of contact of the rollers and with the luLs 3l contacting with the wringer frame. The members 31 are then inserted between the leaf spring` 17 and the top cross inember 10 and finally pressed downwardly7 by means of the handles 30 until the members 3l rest on the leaf sprine,r 17. after which a slight pull on the handles 30 away from the machine. supplemented by the weight of the guard or hopper, will cause the hooks 3Q on the members 31 to engage thc edge or the leaspring- 17 at the opposite side of the wrineer from said hopper. The handles 30 are then in the position at the ends of the wringcr. shown in Fig. 2. and are rea dily accessible. The lugs 3l proiect only a short distance beyond each end of the hopper so that they are not engaged by the uppermost edges of the frame of the board 19, should the board 19 he tilted to the position shown in Fia. 1. Thus, in case clothes become wound around the rollers or become clogged in the hopper adjacent the rollers, the lower part of the hopper will be free to swing out- .place his hands near the rollers.

wardly away from the wringer thereby obyiating the danger olf injury to the clothes, or the parts of the device.

lt will be apparent that when my guard or hopper is assembled on the \\'rinj jer, it willbe impossible for the ope ator to injure his hands between the rollers. as the rollers are completely guarded b y my sa iiety device and there is no occasion tor the operator to lt is {urtherinore apparent that it would be inconvenient `for the operator to allow his hands to be drawn into the rollers, since the aperture 35 in the hopper is comparatively small and the operators lingers could not be drawn between the rollers unless he intentionally placed his hands within the hopper and inserted his lingers between said rollers.

l't is apparent that owing to the downward inclination oi the walls ot the Aejuard or hopper, clothes Aled therein will pass downwardly to the rollers without making it necessary for the operator to place his hands in the lower portion ot `the hopper.

It is also obvious that my combined guard and hopper may be attached at either side of the wrineer, dependingr on` the direction of the rotation ot the rollers and the location of the tub or washing' machine containine' the wet clothes. The dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate the position ol" the guard or hopper when attached at the other `side of the wringer.

ln the foregoint description l have particularly described a convenient vtorna of my invention such as is preferred by me at this time, but it is obvious that my invention may be embodied in guards or hoppers of widely diflerent form without departiima from the spirit ot` my invention as embodied in the appended claims.

1. The combination with ar clothes wrinfler comprising oppositely rotating rollers, of a guard comprisingr a feeding hopper. vhaving` upper and lower walls provided with rolled upper edges, said wallsconrereinsr toward.

and terminating adjacent said rollers, and

means todetachably secure said hopper to said wrinfler.

2. A guard, adapted to be used with a clothes wringer, comprising a feeding hopper having end walls and downwardly converging' upper and lower walls, and means to detachably suspend said guard from said clothes wringer.

3. A leuard adapted to be used with a clothes wringer, comprising a teedinaV hopper haring end walls and converging upper and lower walls. and hooks piyoted on said guard and engagingv a part of said wrinflcr, whereby said guard is detaehablv secured to Said`wringer and'is free to oscillate about saidliooks under the influence of the clothes passingr through said wringen 4:. A guide-member adapted to be used 4with a 4clothes wringer, said guide-member having pivotally secured thereto a rod, said rod carrying hooks adapted to engage arpart of said wringer, whereby said'guide member is secured to said wringer, said rod being further provided with otlset handles adjacent each end of said wringer,

5. The combination with a clothes wringer comprising oppositely rotating rollers, of a guide-member adapted to feed clothes to said rollers, lsaid guide-member being pendulously attached from its .upper portion to said wringer, whereby said guide-member is free to swing away from said rollers.

6. The combination with a clothes wringer comprising oppositely rotating rollers, side frame members and a cross member, of a guide member having downwardly converging walls terminating opposite said rollers, said guide member having outwardly p rojecting hooks pivoted on the upper portion thereof and adapted to engage said cross member when said guide member is placed at either side of said wringer.

7. The combination with a clothes wringer comprising oppositely rotating rollers, side frame members, and a cross member, of a guide member having upper and lower wallsv convergingv toward and terminating opposite said rollers, and means secured to the upper portion of said guide member to permit pivotal attachment of said guide member to will said wrnger, the pivotal axis being spaced outwardly from said' wringer.

8. The combination with a clothes wringer of a detachable guide member, and means to permit pivotal attachment of said guide member at either side of said wringer.

` 9. The combination with a clothes wringer comprising oppositely rotating rollers, of a feeding hopperA having upper and lower downwardly converging walls, "said walls terminating at .their lower extremities substantially horizontally opposite the longitudinal center lines of said rollers. A

10. The combination with a clothes wringer comprising rollers, side frame members anda cross member7 of a guard member adapted to feed clothes to said rollers, and means pivotally engaging said guard member and attached to said cross member for securing said guard member to said wringer.

11. The wringei', comprising rollers and a cross member, of a devicel for rollers,

wringer.

In testimony whereof, l have subscribedl my name.

, wrLLiAM 11M E i feeding clothes to said and means for attaching said clothesfeeding device to the cross member of sald combination with a clothes 

